IT, AI & Telecommunications

TAIPEI – October 30, 2026 -- Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) (TWSE: 2317) opened its seventh annual Hon Hai Tech Day with a record 321 exhibits, a quarter of them in a Token Factory zone covering components through full system integration for next-generation AI infrastructure.

Foxconn presents NVIDIA DSX POD as a factory-built reference design for Vera Rubin racks

The NVIDIA DSX POD is a standardized, factory-built reference design. Partners can preintegrate NVIDIA Vera Rubin rack-scale AI infrastructure in modular containers and complete critical validation before shipment. After delivery, the units connect to prepared site infrastructure. Foxconn showed the POD publicly for the first time, and it dominated the venue.

Foxconn also tied its vertical integration to the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, spanning rack-level AI supercomputing system integration down to sub-micron-level component manufacturing.

Shanghai – October 30, 2026 -- Huawei says its upgraded Smart NOS 5.0 solution lets AI agents autonomously resolve 80% of deterministic network faults. The company released the product alongside three other industry operations and maintenance (O&M) solutions at the Industry O&M Session of HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 at the Shanghai Expo Center.

All four solutions run on the MindOps platform, which combines digital twins and a domain-specific model to cover pre-event, in-process and post-event O&M through human-agent collaboration. Huawei also launched an initiative to develop the O&M Agent Research Report (2026).

TEANECK – – October 30, 2026 -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 professionals dedicated to delivering OpenAI products, including Codex and ChatGPT, to enterprise clients.

The group targets how enterprises write software, serve customers and run daily operations with OpenAI models. Cognizant says model access is no longer the main constraint for many enterprises. The shortage is skilled professionals who can build with those models inside business-critical systems.

Cognizant has certified 21,000 associates with 40,000 OpenAI badges

More than 21,000 Cognizant associates have earned over 40,000 OpenAI badges, each awarded for completing learning tracks on OpenAI technologies. The new group adds an organization that builds and supports OpenAI-powered systems for clients.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 30, 2026 -- MediaGo, the global intelligent advertising platform, won two awards at France's Les Cas d'OR 2026 digital marketing competition for a native acquisition case run with lead generation agency hipto.

MediaGo takes Native Acquisition Strategy Award and MBA MDIA Special Prize

The honors are the Native Acquisition Strategy Award and De Vinci Executive Education's MBA MDIA Special Prize. Executives from major insurance companies, leading automakers and 4A advertising agencies evaluated the Native Acquisition Strategy Award.

A parallel jury of industry experts and digital marketing master's students judged the MBA MDIA prize. It recognized the joint case for its operational logic and its combination of platform mechanics with high-quality signals to drive conversions.

Beijing – October 30, 2026 -- Sohu.com Limited (NASDAQ: SOHU) will publish its unaudited third-quarter 2026 financial results on Monday, November 9, 2026, before U.S. market hours.

Management call follows the release at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time

Sohu's management team will host a conference call on the same day at 7:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time. That is 8:30 p.m. in Beijing and Hong Kong. The call will take place directly after the results announcement, so investors will have the figures in hand before management takes questions.

HERNDON, Va. – October 30, 2026 -- ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS) will report results for the three and six months ended September 30, 2026, on November 5, 2026, after the market closes.

ePlus schedules a 4:30 p.m. ET call and webcast for November 5

Management will hold a conference call and audio webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET on the day of the release. The call will cover the company's financial results for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 30, 2026.

A replay will be available approximately two hours after the call and will remain accessible through November 12, 2026.

Technology provider reports with a portfolio spanning AI, security and cloud

ePlus offers artificial intelligence, security, cloud and data center, networking and collaboration solutions, along with managed, consultative and professional services. The company has more than 2,170 employees and more than three decades of operating history.

NEW YORK – October 30, 2026 -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) has appointed founder and Chairman Jon Oringer as Chief Executive Officer and canceled its third-quarter 2026 earnings conference call, scheduled for November 5, while it evaluates its strategic direction and priorities.

Oringer returns as CEO six years after stepping down

Oringer founded Shutterstock in 2003 and served as CEO until 2020. He remains Chairman of the Board. In the CEO role, he will focus on long-term strategy, strategic investments and future opportunities. Both appointments took effect October 28.

Oringer said that AI is "fundamentally reshaping the creative industry" and that the pace of change is accelerating. He said he sees an opportunity to evolve the business and deliver more value to customers and contributors.

Frisco – October 30, 2026 -- Geolava, Vaidio and Sensoneo won the 2026 North Texas Connected Innovation Pitch Competition, selected from 53 applicants representing 38 cities, seven countries and four continents.

The regional initiative is led by the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC), the McKinney Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA). Nearly 200 city leaders, department teams, investors, corporate partners, research institutions and entrepreneurs attended the live event at Hall Tower in Frisco on Oct. 21.

Cities Set the Challenges and Six Finalists Respond

The format reversed the usual pitch model. Participating cities first defined real operational problems, and companies answered with deployment-ready solutions. Six finalists presented across three challenge areas, and one winner was named in each.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 30, 2026 -- Reducto has released Reducto Office, a free plugin that lets AI agents edit existing DOCX, PPTX and XLSX files inside ChatGPT and Codex. The plugin is available now, with usage limits.

Users install the plugin, connect a Reducto account and bring their own files into an AI conversation. Agents apply targeted changes, which appear in a live editor where users can review and refine them.

Headless document engine lets agents edit structured files directly

Office runs on a document engine that agents operate headlessly, rather than through a graphical interface built for people. Reducto says reliable editing has to preserve structure: nested tables, reviewer comments and tracked changes in contracts, and slide layouts, fonts and charts in presentations. Output stays in standard Word, PowerPoint and Excel formats that users can keep editing and share.

SANTA CLARA – October 30, 2026 -- SafePaaS launched Identity360, a product that maps identities to source accounts and assigned privileges across connected and disconnected systems, extending governance to both human users and AI agents.

The company announced the product at its third CISO Cybersecurity Summit in Santa Clara. Identity360 consolidates data from enterprise resource planning, identity governance, identity and access management, and human resources systems.

Searchable inventory tracks risk score, last activity and open governance gaps

The platform builds a searchable inventory of identity type, source system, last activity, risk score and open governance gaps. Security teams can investigate dormant accounts, shared access and excessive privileges, and use risk indicators to prioritize remediation.